On the weekend of Mike's birthday, my parents made the decision to come for a visit the following week. This was notable for two reasons: one, we are in the middle of a global pandemic so extra precautions had to be made, and two, we are a family of planners so I've never known my parents to do embark on a vacation (or anything, really) with only three days of preparation!
After two long days of driving, they arrived on Thursday night. On Friday my dad and Rose went on a hike to "pride rock." Of Saturday my mom, Rose and I went on a hike down the old creek bed that Rose loves.
As you can see, we attempted to physically distance during their visit, which was definitely hard to remember to do. We also played lots of "balloon catch" and "balloon monkey in the middle," and we had all sorts of wonderful meals. I loved having people to bake for!
We also went to our friends' house on the river and went fishing for a few hours on Sunday. We did not catch any fish, but I did catch a small shrubbery and also the shoreline. The river, meanwhile, caught my dad's glasses. (The wind suddenly blew, which caught his hat, which tangled in his glasses, and both the hat and the glasses flew into the river. He got the hat back downstream, but the glasses sunk somewhere and it was too deep and fast-flowing to find them.)
As always, their visit felt way too short. But at least we got to see each other!
52 hike challenge 2020
1. 1/1/20 - 2 mi - out and back
2. 1/5/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
3. 1/11/20 - 2 mi - out and back
4. 1/19/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
5. 1/26/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
6. 2/1/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
7. 2/2/20 - 2 mi - out and back
8. 2/9/20 - 2 mi? - sledding, and to/from the neighbors
9. 2/15/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
10. 2/22/20 - 1 mi? - Lincoln Sculpture in the Wild
(there were at least a few more in here that I, alas, forgot to record)
11. 4/5/20 - 2 mi? - up to the highest peak in our neighborhood
12. 4/10/20 - 2 mi? - down a new drainage next door and back around by the gardens
13. 4/12/20 - 2.5 mi - out and back
1. 1/1/20 - 2 mi - out and back
2. 1/5/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
3. 1/11/20 - 2 mi - out and back
4. 1/19/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
5. 1/26/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
6. 2/1/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
7. 2/2/20 - 2 mi - out and back
8. 2/9/20 - 2 mi? - sledding, and to/from the neighbors
9. 2/15/20 - 4.25 mi neighborhood loop
10. 2/22/20 - 1 mi? - Lincoln Sculpture in the Wild
(there were at least a few more in here that I, alas, forgot to record)
11. 4/5/20 - 2 mi? - up to the highest peak in our neighborhood
12. 4/10/20 - 2 mi? - down a new drainage next door and back around by the gardens
13. 4/12/20 - 2.5 mi - out and back
14. 4/18/20 - 1 mi? - down an old creek bed and back up
15. 4/22/20 - 1 mi? - down to the parking lot to pick up my car
16. 4/26/20 - 2 mi? - over to "Pride rock"
15. 4/22/20 - 1 mi? - down to the parking lot to pick up my car
16. 4/26/20 - 2 mi? - over to "Pride rock"
17. 5/1/20 - 2 mi? - over to "Pride rock"
18. 5/2/20 - 4.25 mi - neighborhood loop
19. 5/3/20 - 1.5 mi - to the neighbors' horse pen and back
20. 5/10/20 - 2 mi? - Tower Rock State Park
21. 5/16/20 - 3 mi - Mount Helena (prairie trail up, powerline trail down)
22. 5/30/20 - 1 mi? - down an old creek bed and back up
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